In 1979, Wendi Kallins, a Forest Knolls resident and self-described political nerd who is running for the open supervisor seat in District 4, read a story that changed her life. It was the effort to create a “solar village” that would have used drastically less energy than other neighborhoods, in large part by focusing transportation on walking, biking and electric cars. The effort failed, but Ms. Kallins continued to work on transportation issues.
She also…